EP0671245A1 - Articulated robot - Google Patents
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- the present invention aims to provide a novel articulated robot with the object of eliminating or reducing mechanical interference between arms or between arms and tools in the articulated robot.
- Articulated robots are constructed from a plurality of arms, in which operation control is performed while interference extends between arms or between arms and tools.
- FIG. 8 shows a model of a conventional horizontal articulated robot structure.
- Robot a is formed from a base shaft portion b, a first arm c and a second arm d, one end portion of the first arm c being attached to the base shaft b in a rotatable state.
- one end of the second arm d is attached to the other end portion of the first arm c in a rotatable state, a tool mounting shaft e being provided at the other end of the second arm d.
- a motor f and a harmonic reduction gear g are provided for rotating the first arm c on the base shaft portion b, the driving power of the motor f being transmitted as the rotating power of the first arm c via the harmonic reduction gear g.
- a mechanism for rotating the second arm d is provided in the first arm c.
- a motor i and harmonic reduction gear j are attached to a support portion h fixed to the first arm c, and a pulley k is attached to an output shaft of the harmonic reduction gear j.
- l is a pulley forming a pair with the pulley k, and is fixed to the rotation shaft of the second arm d.
- a belt m is extended between the pulley k and the pulley l. The driving power of the motor i becomes the rotating power for the pulley k via the harmonic reduction gear j, and this is transmitted to the pulley l by the belt m to become the rotating power of the second arm d.
- FIG. 9 graphically expresses the structure when the robot a is viewed horizontally, the two-dimensional positional coordinates (X and Y) with a point of origin 0 as the rotational center of the first arm c being set to the base shaft portion b.
- the point C indicates the rotational center of the second arm d
- point E indicates a terminal position
- the first arm c is indicated by the line OC (length “L1")
- the line CE indicates the second arm d.
- the angle " ⁇ 1” indicates an angle formed by the line OC with respect to the X axis
- the angle " ⁇ 2” indicates an angle formed by the line CE with respect to an elongated line of line OC.
- the point P1 and the point P2 respectively indicate the position of the center of gravity of the first arm c and the position of the center of gravity of the second arm d, the length of the line OP1 is made “11" and the length of the line CP2 is made “12".
- position, speed etc. can be expressed by means of a complex indicator by using a complex planar coordinate system taking the X axis as a real axis and the Y axis as an imaginary axis.
- the first term on the right side of the second equation of T2 shows an inertia term and the second term the inertia force (torque) received from the first arm c, and also, the third term shows torque where centrifugal force extends to the second arm d due to the rotation of the first arm c.
- the articulated robot of the present invention in order to solve the above problems, in an articulated robot provided with a base shaft portion disposed on a base, a first rotating body attached to the base shaft portion in a rotatable state and a second rotating body attached to the first rotating body in a rotatable state, has the following structures (a) and (b).
- the articulated system including the second arm 2 becomes heavy in its entirety, but in the method of (b) a member originally necessary as a drive source (drive motor 5) for an end effector can be used as a counterweight.
- a member originally necessary as a drive source (drive motor 5) for an end effector can be used as a counterweight.
- the mass of the member for adjusting the center of gravity of the second arm 2 cannot be arbitrarily selected. Note that in actuality it is best to compensate for the disadvantages of both by combining the methods of (a) and (b).
- FIG. 1 shows a model of a structure of a horizontal articulated robot in order to explain support of the motor for rotating the second arm, the difference to the robot shown in FIG. 8 being the point that the motor and harmonic reduction gear for rotating the second arm are supported by a support member fixed to the base.
- the robot 8 comprises a base shaft portion 9, a first arm 10 and a second arm 11, the base shaft portion 9 being fixed on a base 12. Also, one end of the first arm 10 is attached to the base shaft portion 9 is a rotatable state, one end portion of the second arm 11 is attached to the other end portion of the first arm 10 in a rotatable state, and a tool mounting shaft is provided at the other end portion of the second arm 11.
- a motor 14 and harmonic reduction gear 15 are provided at the base shaft portion 9 for rotating the first arm 10, the driving power of the motor 14 being transmitted as the rotating power of the first arm 10 via the harmonic reduction gear 15.
- a motor 16 and harmonic reduction gear 17 are used for rotating the second arm 11 and these are attached to a support member 18 fixed to the base 12.
- a pulley 19 is attached to an output shaft of the harmonic reduction gear 17 and a pulley 20 which forms a pair with the pulley 19 is fixed to the rotation shaft of the second arm 11.
- a belt 21 is extended between the pulley 19 and the pulley 20.
- the motor 16 and harmonic reduction gear 17 are kept in a continuously stationary state which is completely unrelated to the movement of the first arm 10, the driving power of the motor 16 being the rotating power of the pulley 19 via the harmonic reduction gear 17, this being transmitted to the pulley 20 by the belt 21 to becomes the rotating power of the second arm 11.
- the drive shaft of the motor 16 and the drive shaft of the motor 14 are located on the same axis.
- FIG. 2 graphically expresses a structure when looking at the robot 8 in a horizontal plane, the two-dimensional positional coordinate system (X and Y) with the center of rotation of the first arm 10 as the point of origin O being set at the base shaft portion 9 similarly to FIG. 9.
- the angle " ⁇ 3" is an angle formed by the second arm 11 with respect to the X axis and, as is clear from the motor 16 which is the drive source of the second arm 11 being fixed to the support member 18, the angle of rotation of the motor 16 is the angle of rotation of the second arm 11 as is.
- the first term on the right side of the second equation of T2' shows an inertia term
- the second term the inertia force (torque) received from the first arm 10
- the third term shows torque where centrifugal force extends to the second arm 11 due to the rotation of the first arm 10.
- FIG. 4 and FIG. 5 show in outline a structural example of a robot incorporating the above items (I) and (II).
- a motor 25 and harmonic reduction gear 26 for rotating a first arm 24 are provided in a base shaft portion 23 thereof, the driving of the motor being transmitted to a rotation shaft 27 fixed to an output shaft of the harmonic reduction gear 26. Also, the upper end portion of the rotation shaft 27 is fixed to the first arm 24.
- the motor 28 is a second arm and 29 is a motor for rotating the second arm 28.
- the motor 29 is fixed to a support member 30 in an L shape as seen from the side, the lower end portion of the support member 30 being fixed to an upper end surface of a motor housing portion 31 and projecting sideways from the side surface of the base shaft portion 23.
- the harmonic reduction gear 32 is a harmonic reduction gear which is fixed to the lower surface of the support member 30.
- a bearing holder 33 is attached to the upper surface of the first arm 24, the harmonic reduction gear 32 being supported via a bearing 34 provided in the inner peripheral surface thereof.
- the output shaft of the harmonic reduction gear 32 is disposed on the same axis as the above-described rotation shaft 27, a pulley 34 is fixed to the lower end portion thereof, and a steel belt is extended between the pulley 35 and a pulley 37 fixed to the rotating shaft 36 of the second arm 28.
- the upper end portion of the rotation shaft 36 is supported by a bearing 39 provided in the rotating end portion of the first arm 24, the lower end portion thereof being fixed to the second arm 28.
- a motor 41 provided in proximity to the rotation shaft 36 is the drive source for sliding the tool mounting shaft 40 is the up and down directions, a steel belt 44 being extended between a pulley 42 fixed to the output shaft thereof and a pulley 43 arranged at a predetermined distance in a direction approaching the tool mounting shaft 40.
- the pulley 43 is provided for rotating a ball screw 45 extending horizontally in proximity to the tool mounting shaft 40, a ball nut 46 coupled thereto being moved in the up and down directions by the rotation of the ball screw 45.
- the lower end portion of the ball screw 45 is supported by a bearing 47 and the upper end portion thereof is supported by a bearing 49 provided in a guide member 48 in the upper surface of the second arm 28.
- a support member for the tool mounting shaft 40 is fixed to the ball nut 46.
- the upper end portion of the tool mounting shaft 40 is rotatably supported by a bearing 51 provided in a support member 50.
- the ball screw 45 is rotated by transmission of the driving power of the motor 41 from the pulley 42 to the pulley 43 via the steel belt 44, the ball nut 46 and the support member 50 being moved along the up and down directions and the up and down movement of the tool mounting shaft 40 being thereby performed.
- Rotation of the tool mounting shaft 40 is performed by a mechanism using pulleys and a steel belt with the motor 52 provided in the motor housing portion 31 of the base shaft portion 23 as the driving source.
- a pulley 53 is fixed to the output shaft of the motor 52, and a steel belt 55 is extended between this pulley 53 and the lower portion of an intermediate pulley 54 externally inserted in the rotation shaft 27.
- the intermediate pulley 54 is externally inserted in a rotatable state in the rotation shaft 27 via bearings 56 and 56.
- an intermediate pulley 57 is externally inserted in a rotatable state via bearings 58 and 58 in the rotation shaft 36 of the second arm 28, a steel belt 59 being extended between the upper portion thereof and the upper portion of the above intermediate pulley 57.
- a steel belt 61 is extended between a pulley 60 externally inserted in the tool mounting shaft 40 and the lower portion of the intermediate pulley 57.
- the driving force of the motor 52 is transmitted to the intermediate pulley 54 via steel belt 55 and further transmitted to the intermediate pulley 57 and pulley 60 via steel belts 59 and 61 to become the rotational power of the tool mounting shaft 40.
- the weight of the second arm 28 is alleviated by disposing the motor 52 in the base shaft portion 23 in this manner.
- 62 ia a counterweight attached to the end portion of the second arm 28 on the rotation shaft 36 side, and is provided in order to position the center of gravity of the second arm 28 over the rotation shaft 36.
- FIG. 6 and FIG. 7 show differences in motor currents of a conventional robot (having the structure of FIG. 8) and a robot according to the present invention when operated in a given orientation.
- FIG. 6 shows in outline the wave forms of motor currents of a conventional robot, and in this drawing "I (1)" indicates the current of a motor f and “I(2)" indicates the current of a motor i. Note that the horizontal axis t of the graph indicates time.
- an electrical current also circulates in the drive motor of the arm which is not rotated, and it is understood that the electrical current waveform of FIG. 6(c) is not a waveform formed by overlapping the electrical current waveform of FIG. 6(a) and the electrical current waveform of FIG. 6(b).
- FIG. 7 shows in outline the wave forms of electrical currents of motors of the robot according to the present invention, and in this drawing "I(1)" indicates the electrical current of the motor 25 and "I(2)" indicates the electrical current of the motor 20. Note that the horizontal axis t of the graph indicates time.
- each electrical current waveform of FIG. 7(c) is an overlapping of the electrical current waveform of FIG. 7(a) and the electrical current waveform of FIG. 7(b) or a waveform inclined theretowards, this being supported by the first arm 24 and second arm 28 forming a non-interference system as shown in [Equation 12].
- the harmonic reduction gear 17 of FIG. 1 is rendered movable and a mechanism capable of minute adjustment of the gap between the pulley 19 and the pulley 20 is provided.
- the harmonic reduction gear 17 only is simply moved, as shown in FIG. 8 a problem occurs in that the tension of the belt 21 changes according to the rotation state of the first arm 10. Consequently, in the embodiment shown in FIG. 9, a mechanism for avoiding this problem is provided.
- FIG. 8 shows in outline the robot 8 of FIG. 1 seen from the horizontal plane, "A1" indicating the axis of rotation of the first arm 10 and "A2" indicating the axis of rotation of the second arm 11.
- FIG. 9 shows in outline another structural example of a horizontal articulated robot according to the present invention.
- a motor 104 and harmonic reduction gear 105 for rotating a first arm 103 being provided in the base shaft portion 10102 thereof, and the driving power of the motor 104 being transmitted to a rotation shaft 106 fixed to the output shaft of the harmonic reduction gear 105. Also, the upper end portion of the rotation shaft 106 is fixed to the first arm 103.
- 107 is a second arm, a motor 108 and harmonic reduction gear 109 for rotating the second arm 107 being fixed to a housing 110.
- the housing 110 as well as being received in a bearing holder 111 attached to the upper surface of the first arm 103, is supported by bearings 112 and 113 provided in the inner peripheral surface of the bearing holder 111.
- the 114 is a support member for the housing 110, and is mounted on the upper end surface of a motor housing portion 102a protruding sideways from the side surface of the base shaft portion 102. Also, the housing 110 communicates with the upper end portion of the support member 114 via a support arm 115 fixed thereto. Note that the support arm 115 is not fixed to the support member 114, but is rotatable with respect to the support member 114 as described below and is supported by the support member 114 in a slidable state along the length direction of the first arm 103.
- the output shaft of the harmonic reduction gear 109 is disposed substantially coaxial to the above rotation shaft 106, a pulley 16 is fixed to the lower end portion thereof, and a steel belt 119 is extended between this pulley 116 and a pulley 118 fixed to the rotation shaft 117 of the second arm 107.
- tension adjustment of the steel belt 119 is performed by displacing the above bearing holder 111 along a horizontal direction, a detailed description of which will be given below.
- the upper end portion of the rotation shaft 117 is supported by a bearing 120 provided in the rotating end portion of the first arm 103 and the lower end portion thereof is fixed to the second arm 107.
- 121 is a tool mounting shaft, sliding along the up and down direction and rotation around a an axis thereof being performed by separate motors.
- a motor 122 provided in proximity to the rotation shaft 117 of the second arm 107 is a drive source for sliding the tool mounting shaft 121 in the up and down directions, a steel belt 125 extending between a pulley 123 fixed to the output shaft thereof and a pulley 124 disposed at a fixed distance in a direction towards the tool mounting shaft 121 therefrom.
- the pulley 124 is provided in order to rotate a ball screw 126 which extends parallel and in proximity to the tool mounting shaft 121 and a ball nut 127 engaged therewith moves in the up and down directions by means of rotation of the ball screw 126.
- the lower end portion of the ball screw 126 is supported by the second arm 107 by means of a bearing 128 and the upper end portion thereof is supported by a bearing 130 provided in a guide member 129 mounted on the upper surface of the second arm 107.
- 131 is a support member for the tool mounting shaft 121 and is fixed to the ball nut 127.
- the upper end portion of the tool mounting shaft 121 is rotatably supported by a bearing 132 provided in the support member 131.
- the driving power of the motor 122 is transmitted from the pulley 123 to the pulley 124 via the steel belt 125, the ball screw 126 being rotated thereby, to move the ball nut 127 and support member 131 in the up and down directions and perform up and down movement of the tool mounting shaft 121.
- the rotation of the tool mounting shaft 121 is performed by a mechanism using the pulleys and steel belt with the motor 133 provided in the motor housing portion 102a of the base shaft portion 102 as a drive source.
- a pulley 134 is fixed to the output shaft of the motor 133 and a steel belt 136 extends between the pulley 134 and the lower portion of an intermediate pulley 135 rotatably supported in an externally fitted state by the rotation shaft 106 of the first arm 103.
- the intermediate pulley 135 is rotatably supported by the rotation shaft 106 via bearings 137 and 137.
- a intermediate pulley 138 is rotatably supported by the rotation shaft 117 of the second arm 107 via bearings 139 and 139, a steel belt 140 extending between the upper portion thereof and the upper portion of the above intermediate pulley 138.
- a steel belt 142 extends between a pulley 141 externally inserted on the tool mounting shaft 121 and the lower portion of the intermediate pulley 138.
- the drive power of the motor 133 is transmitted to the intermediate pulley 135 via the steel belt 136, is further transmitted to the intermediate pulley 138 and the pulley 141 via steel belts 140 an 142 to become the rotating power for the tool mounting shaft 121.
- the weight of the second arm 107 is alleviated by disposing this motor 133 in the base shaft portion 102.
- 143 is a counterweight attached to the end portion of the second arm 107 on the rotation shaft 117 side, and is provided for positioning the center of gravity of the second arm 107 over the rotation shaft 117.
- FIGs. 10 through 15 show the rotation mechanism for the second arm 107 and the support mechanism for the housing 110.
- the housing 110 is formed in a substantially upside down cone shape having a smaller diameter towards the lower portion compared to towards the upper portion, the harmonic reduction gear 109 being housed in the interior 144 thereof.
- the motor 108 is fixed to the upper end surface of the housing 110 by a bolt, an output shaft 108a of the motor 108 extending in the up and down directions being fixed to an input shaft 109a of the harmonic reduction gear 109.
- An output shaft 109b of the harmonic reduction gear 109 is rotatably supported by ball bearings 145 and 146 internally fitted in the housing 110, the pulley 116 being fixed to the lower end portion of the output shaft 109b.
- the housing 110 is supported by bearings 112 and 113 in the bearing holder 111 as previously described, the lower end portion thereof being inserted in the first arm 103 through an insertion hole 103a formed in the upper surface of the first arm 103.
- ball bearings are used in the bearings 112 and 113.
- the bearing holder 111 comprises an attachment plate 147a and a holder portion 147b, both of which are joined by bolts 148, 148,...
- Insertion holes 149, 149,... are formed at predetermined angular intervals at positions near the outer periphery, the attachment plate 147a being fixed to the first arm 103 by inserting bolts 150, 150,... in these insertion holes 149, 149,... to screw them together with screw holes 151, 151,... formed in the upper surface of the first arm 103. Note that the whole diameter of the insertion holes 149, 149,... are slightly larger than the diameter of the threads of the bolts 150, 150,...
- the setting bolt 152 is a setting bolt for tension adjustment, and is supported in a prism 153 provided immediately before the bearing holder 111 (herebelow, the direction towards the rotation shaft 117 of the second arm 107 will be taken as the forward direction and the direction away from the rotation shaft 117 of the second shaft 107 will be taken as the rearward direction).
- the setting bolt 152 is such that a screw portion 152a thereof screws into a threaded hole 153a of the prism 153, and by enclosing the setting bolt 152, the end portion thereof can urge the side surface of the attachment plate 147a of the bearing holder 111 rearward to displace the bearing holder 111 rearward.
- 154 is a bearing cap for the bearing 113 and is externally fitted to the housing 110.
- 155 is a U-nut and is externally fitted to the housing 110 immediately below the bearing cap 154.
- the support 115 of the housing 110 has a substantially Y shape seen horizontally, and an attachment portion 157 in which an semi-circular shaped indented portion 156 is formed conforming to the side surface shape of the motor 108 is attached to the upper surface of the housing 110 by the bolts 158, 158,...
- rollers 161 and 162 are rotatably supported by a shaft 160 in a location towards the rear end of the arm portion 159 protruding rearward from the attachment portion 157, and shown in FIG. 13 through FIG. 15.
- an insertion hole 163 is formed in the end portion of the arm portion 159, and the shaft 160 is attached to the arm portion 159 by inserted it through the insertion holes 161a and 162a formed in these rollers 161 and 162 and thereafter further inserting it through an insertion hole 163 and screwing a bolt 164 with washer from the top of the arm portion 159 into a thread 160a formed in one end portion of the shaft 160.
- the rollers 161 and 162 are supported in a rotatable state between the lower surface of the arm portion 159 and the top portion 160b of the shaft 160, and the roller 161 is disposed above the roller 162.
- the support member 114 as shown in FIG. 11 and FIG. 13, has a main portion 165 of a flat plate shape and attachment portion 166 and 166 formed in the lower end portion of the main portion 165.
- Bolts 167 and 167 are inserted from above in insertion holes 166a and 166a in the attachment portions 166 and 166, and screwed respectively into threaded holes 168 and 168 formed in the upper portion of the motor housing portion 102a, whereby the support member 114 is fixed to the upper portion of the motor housing portion 102a.
- the main portion 165 of the support member 114 becomes narrow towards the top from the center thereof, a square plate shaped platform portion 169 being integrally formed with the main portion 165 at the upper end portion thereof.
- the guide plates 170 and 171 are both substantially of a square plate shape, and are arranged extending in the forward direction in a location towards the end of the upper surface of the platform portion 159 and having a mutually parallel positional relationship, the height of the guide plate being lower than that of the guide plate 171.
- attachment of these guide plates 169 is performed by respectively screwing bolts 172, 172,... into each of the threaded holes 170a, 170a, 171a and 171a formed in the lower surfaces of the guide plates 170 and 171 after inserting them through insertion holes 169a, 169a,... formed in the platform portion platform portion 169 from below.
- a groove 173 formed by the mutually opposing surfaces of the upper surface of the platform 169 and the guide plates 170 and 171 functions as a guide groove for the above-described rollers 161 and 162.
- it directs the inner side surface 170b of the guide plate 170 to contact the outer peripheral surface of the lower side of the roller 162, and also directs the surface towards the top end of the inner side surface 171b of the guide plate 171 to contact the outer peripheral surface of the upper side roller 161.
- a step 174 is formed in the inner side surface 170b so that the inner side surface 171b of the guide plate 171 does not contact the outer peripheral surface of the roller 162, the portion towards the upper part of the inner side surface 170b only contacting the outer peripheral surface of the roller 162.
- the guide arm 115 whose rollers 161 and 162 are received in the guide groove 173 and are rotatably supported with respect to the support member 114, and are supported by the support member 114 in a slidable state in the forward and rearward directions along the guide groove 173, so that upon the second arm 107 being moved, the support arm 115 serves to stop rotation of a unit (herebelow referred to as "motor unit") including the housing 110 and motor 108, harmonic reduction gear 109, and the pulley 116.
- a unit herebelow referred to as "motor unit”
- the bearing holder 111 is attached to the upper surface of the first arm 103 by tightening the bolts 150, 150,..., approximate positioning of the motor unit is performed, and the steel belt 119 is wound onto the pulley 116.
- the setting bolt 152 for tension adjustment is rotated and fine adjustment of the tension of the steel belt 119 is performed by displacing the bearing holder 111 is the forward and rearward directions, and the position of the bearing holder upon completion of adjustment by locking the bolts 150, 150,... is confirmed. Note that at the time of tension adjustment the rollers 161 and 162 move in the forward and rearward directions while rolling inside the guide groove 173 together with displacement of the bearing holder 111.
- FIGs. 16(a) and 16(b) are explanatory drawings of this, and shows in outline the robot 101 seen horizontally.
- A1 indicates the rotation shaft 106 of the first arm 103 and “A2” indicates the rotation shaft 117 of the second arm 107.
- B indicates the drive shaft of the motor 108 and the output shaft 109b of the harmonic reduction gear 109, and does not conform to the rotation shaft A1.
- the two parallel lines positioned to the right of the first arm 103 indicate the guide groove 173 and "C” positioned in the guide groove 173 is the central axis of the shaft 160.
- shaft C moves in the forward direction along the guide groove 173 as shown by the arrow S to become shaft C'.
- the length of the line B-C and the length of the line B'-C' are equal, and the shaft C' is in a state where it moves forward along the line B-C.
- the rollers 161 and 162 move while respectively contacting the inner walls of the guide plates 171 and 170 within the guide groove 173 and due to this the shaft 160 moves smoothly in the forward direction.
- the support mechanism of the drive means of the second rotating body does not hinder rotation of the first rotating body.
- tension adjustment of the power transmission belt can be performed without using a tension pulley, and since it is not necessary to perform positioning of both shafts so that the drive of the second arm accurately conforms to the drive shaft of the second arm, adjustment operations can be simply performed without complication of the structure for tension adjustment.
- the articulated robot of the present invention as well as fixing a drive means for rotating a second rotating body to a base or base shaft portion, by forming a robot system such that the drive shaft of the drive means of the second rotating body and the drive shaft of the drive means of a first rotating body are disposed substantially coaxial and the driving power of the second rotating body is transferred to a rotation shaft of the second rotating body by a driving power transmission means, as well as the inertia term of the first rotating body not affecting the orientation of the second rotating body, the Coriolis force of the first rotating body is eliminated and interference terms (inertia force and centrifugal force) generated in each rotating body arising from the relative motions therebetween due to the center of gravity of the second rotating body being positioned on the rotation shaft thereof are eliminated, and it is possible to stop each of the rotating bodies from imposing interference operations.
- interference terms inertia force and centrifugal force
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- The present invention aims to provide a novel articulated robot with the object of eliminating or reducing mechanical interference between arms or between arms and tools in the articulated robot.
- Articulated robots are constructed from a plurality of arms, in which operation control is performed while interference extends between arms or between arms and tools.
- FIG. 8 shows a model of a conventional horizontal articulated robot structure. Robot a is formed from a base shaft portion b, a first arm c and a second arm d, one end portion of the first arm c being attached to the base shaft b in a rotatable state. Also, one end of the second arm d is attached to the other end portion of the first arm c in a rotatable state, a tool mounting shaft e being provided at the other end of the second arm d.
- A motor f and a harmonic reduction gear g are provided for rotating the first arm c on the base shaft portion b, the driving power of the motor f being transmitted as the rotating power of the first arm c via the harmonic reduction gear g.
- A mechanism for rotating the second arm d is provided in the first arm c. For example, as shown in the drawing, a motor i and harmonic reduction gear j are attached to a support portion h fixed to the first arm c, and a pulley k is attached to an output shaft of the harmonic reduction gear j. l is a pulley forming a pair with the pulley k, and is fixed to the rotation shaft of the second arm d. Also, a belt m is extended between the pulley k and the pulley l. The driving power of the motor i becomes the rotating power for the pulley k via the harmonic reduction gear j, and this is transmitted to the pulley l by the belt m to become the rotating power of the second arm d.
- FIG. 9 graphically expresses the structure when the robot a is viewed horizontally, the two-dimensional positional coordinates (X and Y) with a point of
origin 0 as the rotational center of the first arm c being set to the base shaft portion b. - In FIG. 9 the point C indicates the rotational center of the second arm d, point E indicates a terminal position, the first arm c is indicated by the line OC (length "L1"), and the line CE (length "L2") indicates the second arm d. Also, the angle "ϑ1" indicates an angle formed by the line OC with respect to the X axis, and the angle "ϑ2" indicates an angle formed by the line CE with respect to an elongated line of line OC.
- The point P1 and the point P2 respectively indicate the position of the center of gravity of the first arm c and the position of the center of gravity of the second arm d, the length of the line OP1 is made "11" and the length of the line CP2 is made "12".
- In leading through an equation of motion with respect to a power system model simplified in this manner, position, speed etc. can be expressed by means of a complex indicator by using a complex planar coordinate system taking the X axis as a real axis and the Y axis as an imaginary axis.
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- Note that here "i" is an imaginary unit. Symbols of the physical amount necessary upon analysis obtained in a tabular format are the following tables 1 and 2.
- Since the angle of rotation of the motor f is R1·ϑ1 when the angle of rotation of the first arm c is ϑ1 and the angle of rotation of the motor i is R2·ϑ2 when the angle of rotation of the second arm is ϑ2, where the total movement energy of the robot system is "Ek", we have the following equation.
Since the square value of speed is obtained as the absolute value of a complex number, Ek is as follows.
However,
Note that in the above equations the effect of the viscosity term of friction etc. is ignored. In [Equation 5], the first term on the right side of the first equation of T1 shows an inertia term and the second term the inertia force (torque) received from the second arm d, and also, the third term shows Coriolis force (torque) and the fourth term shows torque where centrifugal force extends to the first arm c due to the rotation of the second arm d. - Also, the first term on the right side of the second equation of T2 shows an inertia term and the second term the inertia force (torque) received from the first arm c, and also, the third term shows torque where centrifugal force extends to the second arm d due to the rotation of the first arm c.
- With respect to the movement of each arm an interference term as well as an inertia term exists in the arms themselves, but since the absolute value of this interference term is substantially the same amount as the inertia term, it can be ignored.
- In the conventional articulated robot as described above, since the first arm and second arm move while mutually imposing mechanical interference on each other, when performing positioning with regard to the terminal position of the robot it is difficult to shorten the time needing for static determination, and there is the problem that as a result the tact time lengthens.
- This is because the following items (1) through (3) are the main causes.
- (1) The inertia term (the first term on the right side of the first equation of [Equation 5]) relating to the movement of the first arm affects the position of the second arm (note the
term 2·b·cosϑ2 in the inertia term). - (2) The first arm receives the effects of the inertia force, Coriolis force and centrifugal force (the second through fourth terms on the right side of the first equation of [Equation 5]) generated by the movement of the second arm.
- (3) The second arm receives the effects of the inertia force and centrifugal force (second and third terms on the right side of the second equation of [Equation 5]) generated by the movement of the first arm.
- Due to the complex interference operation between the first arm and the second arm, optimal gain in the feedback control of the positions and speeds thereof changes according to the orientation of the robot and control becomes difficult.
- The articulated robot of the present invention, in order to solve the above problems, in an articulated robot provided with a base shaft portion disposed on a base, a first rotating body attached to the base shaft portion in a rotatable state and a second rotating body attached to the first rotating body in a rotatable state, has the following structures (a) and (b).
- (a) As well as a drive means for rotating the second rotating body being fixed to the base or the base shaft portion, a drive shaft of the drive means of the second rotating body and a drive shaft of drive means of the first rotating body are arranged to be substantially the same axis, and a driving power transmission means for transmitting driving power by the drive means of the second rotating body to a rotation shaft of the second rotating body is provided.
- (b) The center of gravity of the second rotating body is positioned substantially on the rotation shaft of the second arm.
- These and other features, aspects and advantages of the present invention will become better understood with reference to the following description, appended claims and accompanying drawings, wherein
- FIG. 1 is an outline view illustrating the structure of the articulated robot of the present invention;
- FIG. 2 is a chart graphically showing the robot of FIG. 1 in the horizontal plane;
- FIG. 3(a) is a view for explaining a method of balance adjustment of the second arm where a counterweight is added to the second arm;
- FIG. 3(b) is a view for explaining a method of balance adjustment of the second arm where the driving motor of a tool mounting shaft is employed as a counterweight;
- FIG. 4 is a transparent side view showing in outline a structural example of an articulated robot according to the present invention;
- FIG. 5 is a transparent side view showing in outline a modified example of an articulated robot according to the present invention;
- FIG. 6(a) is a diagram showing motor currents together with arm movements with respect to a conventional articulated robot in a case where only the first arm is moved;
- FIG. 6(b) is a diagram showing motor currents together with arm movements with respect to a conventional articulated robot in a case where only the second arm is moved;
- FIG. 6(c) is a diagram showing motor currents together with arm movements with respect to a conventional articulated robot in a case where the first arm and the second arm are moved;
- FIG. 7(a) is a diagram showing motor currents together with arm movements with respect to an articulated robot according to the present invention in a case where only the first arm is moved;
- FIG. 7(b) is a diagram showing motor currents together with arm movements with respect to an articulated robot according to the present invention in a case where only the second arm is moved;
- FIG. 7(c) is a diagram showing motor currents together with arm movements with respect to an articulated robot according to the present invention in a case where the first arm and the second arm are moved;
- FIG. 8 is an horizontal outline view for explaining deficiencies in the case where a conventional tensioning method is applied to the robot of FIG. 1.
- FIG. 9 is a transparent side view showing in outline another structural example of the articulated robot of the present invention;
- FIG. 10 is an enlarged side cutaway view of part of the main components of the articulated robot shown in FIG. 8.
- FIG. 11 is an enlarged side view of the main components of the articulated robot shown in FIG. 8;
- FIG. 12 is an exploded perspective view of the main components of the articulated robot shown in FIG. 8, showing attachment of the housing to the first arm;
- FIG. 13 is an enlarged side view showing the support arm and support member of the housing shown in FIG. 11;
- FIG. 14 is an enlarged cross-sectional view showing the main components of the support arm and support member of the housing shown in FIG. 12;
- FIG. 15 is an exploded perspective view of the main components of the support arm and support member of the housing, illustrating the connection state thereof;
- FIG. 16(a) is a horizontal outline view for explaining tension adjustment within the articulated robot and the positional relationship between rotation of the first arm and support of the housing thereafter, showing the state before rotation of the first arm;
- FIG. 16(b) is a horizontal outline view for explaining tension adjustment within the articulated robot and the positional relationship between rotation of the first arm and support of the housing thereafter, showing the state after rotation of the first arm;
- FIG. 17 is an outline view for explaining the structure of a conventional articulated robot;
- FIG. 18 is a diagram graphically showing the robot of FIG. 8 in the horizontal plane;
- Herebelow, the details of the articulated robot of the present invention will be explained according to the embodiments shown in the drawings.
- The following two items are incorporated in the structure of the robot of the present invention.
- (I) The center of gravity (P2) of the second arm is located on the rotation shaft of the second arm.
- (II) A driving means, (motor, reduction gear etc.) for rotating the second arm is not attached to the first arm, but is supported by attaching a fixed support member to a base shaft portion or the base thereof.
- Firstly, explaining (I), substituting b = 0 in the above [Equation 5], the Coriolis force (third term on the right side of the first equation of [Equation 5]) and centrifugal force (second term on the right of the first equation and third term on the right side of the second equation of [Equation 5]) are deleted to obtain the following equation.
Since - As a result, since the right side of [Equation 6] becomes a linearly combined equation of the double differential of ϑ1 and the double differential of ϑ2, the effect of interference between the arms can be reduced.
- In order to position the center of gravity of the second arm on the rotation shaft thereof, the following methods can be used.
- (a) Method of adding weight to the second arm
In the horizontal articulated robot shown in outline in FIG. 3(a), A1 indicates the rotation shaft of the first arm and A2 indicates the rotation shaft of the second arm, acounterweight 3 is attached to the end portion opposite the terminal in the end portion of thesecond arm 2, the center of gravity P2 of the second arm is moved as shown by the arrow M before thecounterweight 3 is attached to adjust balance such that the center of gravity P2 approaches the rotation shaft A2. - (b) Method of using a drive portion member or the like of an end effector provided at the terminal position of the robot as a weight
As shown in FIG. 3(b), adrive motor 5 of atool mounting shaft 4 provided at the end portion of the terminal side of thesecond arm 2 is used as a counterweight and the balance thereof adjusted so that the center of gravity of thesecond arm 2 approaches the rotation shaft A2. In the drawing, an example using thedrive motor 5, abelt 6 and a pair ofpulleys tool mounting shaft 4. - In the method of (a), besides having the advantage that the position of the center of gravity of the
second arm 2 can be made freely adjustable by a adding a weight, the articulated system including thesecond arm 2 becomes heavy in its entirety, but in the method of (b) a member originally necessary as a drive source (drive motor 5) for an end effector can be used as a counterweight. However, in the method of (b) there is the limitation that the mass of the member for adjusting the center of gravity of thesecond arm 2 cannot be arbitrarily selected. Note that in actuality it is best to compensate for the disadvantages of both by combining the methods of (a) and (b). - Next, we move to the explanation of the item (II).
- FIG. 1 shows a model of a structure of a horizontal articulated robot in order to explain support of the motor for rotating the second arm, the difference to the robot shown in FIG. 8 being the point that the motor and harmonic reduction gear for rotating the second arm are supported by a support member fixed to the base.
- The
robot 8 comprises abase shaft portion 9, afirst arm 10 and asecond arm 11, thebase shaft portion 9 being fixed on abase 12. Also, one end of thefirst arm 10 is attached to thebase shaft portion 9 is a rotatable state, one end portion of thesecond arm 11 is attached to the other end portion of thefirst arm 10 in a rotatable state, and a tool mounting shaft is provided at the other end portion of thesecond arm 11. - A
motor 14 andharmonic reduction gear 15 are provided at thebase shaft portion 9 for rotating thefirst arm 10, the driving power of themotor 14 being transmitted as the rotating power of thefirst arm 10 via theharmonic reduction gear 15. - Also, a
motor 16 andharmonic reduction gear 17 are used for rotating thesecond arm 11 and these are attached to asupport member 18 fixed to thebase 12. Apulley 19 is attached to an output shaft of theharmonic reduction gear 17 and apulley 20 which forms a pair with thepulley 19 is fixed to the rotation shaft of thesecond arm 11. Also, abelt 21 is extended between thepulley 19 and thepulley 20. - Consequently, the
motor 16 andharmonic reduction gear 17 are kept in a continuously stationary state which is completely unrelated to the movement of thefirst arm 10, the driving power of themotor 16 being the rotating power of thepulley 19 via theharmonic reduction gear 17, this being transmitted to thepulley 20 by thebelt 21 to becomes the rotating power of thesecond arm 11. Note that the drive shaft of themotor 16 and the drive shaft of themotor 14 are located on the same axis. - FIG. 2 graphically expresses a structure when looking at the
robot 8 in a horizontal plane, the two-dimensional positional coordinate system (X and Y) with the center of rotation of thefirst arm 10 as the point of origin O being set at thebase shaft portion 9 similarly to FIG. 9. - In FIG. 2 the points C, E, P1 and P2, lengths L1, L2, l1 and l2, and the angle ϑ1 are as described above.
- The angle "ϑ3" is an angle formed by the
second arm 11 with respect to the X axis and, as is clear from themotor 16 which is the drive source of thesecond arm 11 being fixed to thesupport member 18, the angle of rotation of themotor 16 is the angle of rotation of thesecond arm 11 as is. - In leading through an equation of motion with respect to this power system model and expressing position, speed etc. by means of a complex indicator by using a complex planar coordinate system taking the X axis as a real axis and the Y axis as an imaginary axis, the centers of gravity of the arms and the first stage time differential thereof are expanded to a complex amount and expressed as in the following equation.
With respect to symbols of the physical amount necessary upon analysis, all of the symbols shown in the previously described tables 1 and 2 are employed except for T1 and T2, T1' and T2' being used in place of T1 and T2. In other words, "T1'" is the torque of the output shaft of theharmonic reduction gear 15 and "T2'" is the torque of the output shaft of theharmonic reduction gear 17. - Since the angle of rotation of the
motor 14 is R1Åϑ1 when the angle of rotation of thefirst arm 10 is ϑ1 and the angle of rotation of themotor 16 is R2Åϑ2 when the angle of rotation of thesecond arm 11 is ϑ3, where the total movement energy of the robot system is "Ek'", we have the following equation.
The following [Equation 9] can be obtained from [Equation 7] and [Equation 8]. Note that at this time the square value of speed may be obtained as the absolute value of a complex number.
Introducing an equation of motion of each arm according to a Euler-Lagrange equation while taking care that the Lagrangian is equal to Ek', the output torque of the harmonic reduction gears 15 and 17 can be obtained as in [Equation 11]. Note that the effect of the viscosity term of friction etc. is ignored.
In [Equation 11], the first term on the right side of the first equation of T1' shows an inertia term and the second term the inertia force (torque) received from the second arm d, and also, the third term shows torque where centrifugal force extends to thefirst arm 10 due to the rotation of thesecond arm 11. - Also, the first term on the right side of the second equation of T2' shows an inertia term, the second term the inertia force (torque) received from the
first arm 10, and the third term shows torque where centrifugal force extends to thesecond arm 11 due to the rotation of thefirst arm 10. - Note that as is clear from a comparison with the previously described [Equation 5], although the Coriolis force of the
first arm 10 is eliminated, interference of the inertia force and centrifugal force still remains. -
- The above equation shows the dependence of the motion of the
first arm 10 andsecond arm 11 on only the inertia terms themselves, the interference between the two arms being completely eliminated, thereby making it possible to build a non-interference system as a robot system. - Although the methods of (a) and (b) are as described above, in order to make b = 0, there is a difference in the effects thereof in the robot system of FIG. 8 and the robot system of FIG. 1. In other words, in contrast to the former in which the amount of interference between the arms is no more than reduced by making b = 0, in the latter each arm can be controlled as an independent system by making b = 0.
- Note that in FIG. 1, although an example is shown wherein the
support member 18 for supporting themotor 16 and theharmonic reduction gear 17 is fixed to thebase 12, it is of course also permissible to attach thesupport member 18 to thebase shaft portion 9. - FIG. 4 and FIG. 5 show in outline a structural example of a robot incorporating the above items (I) and (II).
- In the
robot 22 shown in FIG. 4, amotor 25 andharmonic reduction gear 26 for rotating afirst arm 24 are provided in abase shaft portion 23 thereof, the driving of the motor being transmitted to arotation shaft 27 fixed to an output shaft of theharmonic reduction gear 26. Also, the upper end portion of therotation shaft 27 is fixed to thefirst arm 24. - 28 is a second arm and 29 is a motor for rotating the
second arm 28. Themotor 29 is fixed to asupport member 30 in an L shape as seen from the side, the lower end portion of thesupport member 30 being fixed to an upper end surface of amotor housing portion 31 and projecting sideways from the side surface of thebase shaft portion 23. - 32 is a harmonic reduction gear which is fixed to the lower surface of the
support member 30. A bearingholder 33 is attached to the upper surface of thefirst arm 24, theharmonic reduction gear 32 being supported via abearing 34 provided in the inner peripheral surface thereof. In other words, since theharmonic reduction gear 32 is fixed to thesupport member 30, a structure can be obtained which does not cause hindrance to the rotation of thefirst arm 24 by supporting theharmonic reduction gear 32 using thebearing 34. - The output shaft of the
harmonic reduction gear 32 is disposed on the same axis as the above-describedrotation shaft 27, apulley 34 is fixed to the lower end portion thereof, and a steel belt is extended between thepulley 35 and apulley 37 fixed to therotating shaft 36 of thesecond arm 28. Note that the upper end portion of therotation shaft 36 is supported by abearing 39 provided in the rotating end portion of thefirst arm 24, the lower end portion thereof being fixed to thesecond arm 28. - 40 is a tool mounting shaft the sliding along the up and down directions and rotation around an axis being performed by separate motors.
- A
motor 41 provided in proximity to therotation shaft 36 is the drive source for sliding thetool mounting shaft 40 is the up and down directions, asteel belt 44 being extended between apulley 42 fixed to the output shaft thereof and apulley 43 arranged at a predetermined distance in a direction approaching thetool mounting shaft 40. - The
pulley 43 is provided for rotating aball screw 45 extending horizontally in proximity to thetool mounting shaft 40, aball nut 46 coupled thereto being moved in the up and down directions by the rotation of theball screw 45. Note that the lower end portion of theball screw 45 is supported by abearing 47 and the upper end portion thereof is supported by abearing 49 provided in aguide member 48 in the upper surface of thesecond arm 28. - 50 is a support member for the
tool mounting shaft 40 and is fixed to theball nut 46. The upper end portion of thetool mounting shaft 40 is rotatably supported by abearing 51 provided in asupport member 50. - Thereby, the
ball screw 45 is rotated by transmission of the driving power of themotor 41 from thepulley 42 to thepulley 43 via thesteel belt 44, theball nut 46 and thesupport member 50 being moved along the up and down directions and the up and down movement of thetool mounting shaft 40 being thereby performed. - Rotation of the
tool mounting shaft 40 is performed by a mechanism using pulleys and a steel belt with themotor 52 provided in themotor housing portion 31 of thebase shaft portion 23 as the driving source. - In other words, a
pulley 53 is fixed to the output shaft of themotor 52, and asteel belt 55 is extended between thispulley 53 and the lower portion of anintermediate pulley 54 externally inserted in therotation shaft 27. Note that theintermediate pulley 54 is externally inserted in a rotatable state in therotation shaft 27 viabearings intermediate pulley 57 is externally inserted in a rotatable state viabearings rotation shaft 36 of thesecond arm 28, asteel belt 59 being extended between the upper portion thereof and the upper portion of the aboveintermediate pulley 57. Also, asteel belt 61 is extended between apulley 60 externally inserted in thetool mounting shaft 40 and the lower portion of theintermediate pulley 57. - Thereby, the driving force of the
motor 52 is transmitted to theintermediate pulley 54 viasteel belt 55 and further transmitted to theintermediate pulley 57 andpulley 60 viasteel belts tool mounting shaft 40. Note that the weight of thesecond arm 28 is alleviated by disposing themotor 52 in thebase shaft portion 23 in this manner. - 62 ia a counterweight attached to the end portion of the
second arm 28 on therotation shaft 36 side, and is provided in order to position the center of gravity of thesecond arm 28 over therotation shaft 36. - Note that, as show in the
robot 22A in FIG. 5, the permissibility of using themotor 41 or the up and down movement of thetool mounting shaft 40 as a counterweight is as previously described. In other words, it is permissible to arrange themotor 41 at the end portion of thesecond arm 28 on therotation shaft 36 side. - FIG. 6 and FIG. 7 show differences in motor currents of a conventional robot (having the structure of FIG. 8) and a robot according to the present invention when operated in a given orientation.
- FIG. 6 shows in outline the wave forms of motor currents of a conventional robot, and in this drawing "I (1)" indicates the current of a motor f and "I(2)" indicates the current of a motor i. Note that the horizontal axis t of the graph indicates time.
- The waveform graph shown on the left side of FIG. 6(a) shows an electrical current waveform in a case where only the first arm c shown in the right side diagram is rotated 90° (ϑ1 = 90°, ϑ2 = 0°), and the waveform graph shown on the left side of FIG. 6(b) shows an electrical current waveform in a case where only the second arm d as shown in the right side diagram is rotated 108° (ϑ1 = 0°, ϑ2 = 108°). Also, in FIG. 6(c) the waveform shown on the left is an electrical current waveform in the case where an operation combining the operations of FIG. 6(a) and FIG. 6(b) as shown in the right hand diagram is performed, i.e. in the case where the second arm d is rotated 108° while the first arm c is rotated 90° (ϑ1 = 90°, ϑ2 = 108°).
- As shown in FIG. 6(a) and FIG. 6(b), an electrical current also circulates in the drive motor of the arm which is not rotated, and it is understood that the electrical current waveform of FIG. 6(c) is not a waveform formed by overlapping the electrical current waveform of FIG. 6(a) and the electrical current waveform of FIG. 6(b).
- FIG. 7 shows in outline the wave forms of electrical currents of motors of the robot according to the present invention, and in this drawing "I(1)" indicates the electrical current of the
motor 25 and "I(2)" indicates the electrical current of themotor 20. Note that the horizontal axis t of the graph indicates time. - The waveform graph on the left side of FIG. 7(a) shows an electrical current waveform in the case where the
first arm 24 only, as shown in the diagram on the right side, is rotated 90° (ϑ1 = 90°, ϑ3 = 0°), and the waveform shown on the left side in FIG. 7(b) shows the electrical current waveform in the case where only thesecond arm 28 as shown in the right side diagram is rotated 108° (ϑ1 = 0°, ϑ3 = 108°). Note that the fact that ϑ3 = 0° in FIG. 7(a) is due to the above item (II), and it is necessary to note the point which means that thesecond arm 28 before rotation of thefirst arm 24 and thesecond arm 28 after rotation of thefirst arm 24 are parallel. Also, the waveform chart shown on the left side in FIG. 7(c) shows electrical wave forms in the case where a combined operation of the operations of FIG. 7(a) and FIG. (b) as shown in the diagram on the right is performed, i.e. in the case where thesecond arm 28 is rotated 108° whilefirst arm 24 is rotated 90° (ϑ1 = 90°, ϑ3 = 108°). - As shown in FIG. 7(a) and FIG. 7(b), the electrical current of the drive motor of the arm which is not rotated is substantially 0, and each electrical current waveform of FIG. 7(c) is an overlapping of the electrical current waveform of FIG. 7(a) and the electrical current waveform of FIG. 7(b) or a waveform inclined theretowards, this being supported by the
first arm 24 andsecond arm 28 forming a non-interference system as shown in [Equation 12]. - In addition, with regard to the
belt 21 in FIG. 1, although it is necessary to apply suitable tension, setting of suitable tension while performing positioning so that the rotation shaft of thefirst arm 10 and output shaft of theharmonic reduction gear 17 are coaxial is very difficult. Also, even where suitable tension is applied in an initial state, it is possible that the tension changes due to aging and surrounding temperatures. In such cases, it is necessary to perform re-adjustment of the tension. - Given the above, in another embodiment as shown in FIG. 9, the
harmonic reduction gear 17 of FIG. 1 is rendered movable and a mechanism capable of minute adjustment of the gap between thepulley 19 and thepulley 20 is provided. However, where theharmonic reduction gear 17 only is simply moved, as shown in FIG. 8 a problem occurs in that the tension of thebelt 21 changes according to the rotation state of thefirst arm 10. Consequently, in the embodiment shown in FIG. 9, a mechanism for avoiding this problem is provided. - FIG. 8 shows in outline the
robot 8 of FIG. 1 seen from the horizontal plane, "A1" indicating the axis of rotation of thefirst arm 10 and "A2" indicating the axis of rotation of thesecond arm 11. - In a case where the drive shaft of the
motor 16 and the drive shaft of theharmonic reduction gear 17 are moved on an elongated line of line A1-A2 as shown by "B" in order to apply tension to thebelt 21, where thefirst arm 10 rotates from the state shown by the double-dotted line to the state shown by the solid line, a gap L' (i.e. the length of the line A2'-B) between an axis of rotation (this is represented by "A2") of thesecond arm 11 and the axis B after rotation and a gap L (i.e. the length of the line A2-B) between the axis of rotation A2 and axis B before rotation differ. This is because the position of the axis B cannot change along with the rotation of thefirst arm 10, as is clear frommotor 16 andharmonic reduction gear 17 being fixed to thesupport member 18. - FIG. 9 shows in outline another structural example of a horizontal articulated robot according to the present invention.
- 101 is a robot, a
motor 104 andharmonic reduction gear 105 for rotating afirst arm 103 being provided in the base shaft portion 10102 thereof, and the driving power of themotor 104 being transmitted to arotation shaft 106 fixed to the output shaft of theharmonic reduction gear 105. Also, the upper end portion of therotation shaft 106 is fixed to thefirst arm 103. - 107 is a second arm, a
motor 108 andharmonic reduction gear 109 for rotating thesecond arm 107 being fixed to ahousing 110. - The
housing 110, as well as being received in abearing holder 111 attached to the upper surface of thefirst arm 103, is supported bybearings bearing holder 111. - 114 is a support member for the
housing 110, and is mounted on the upper end surface of amotor housing portion 102a protruding sideways from the side surface of thebase shaft portion 102. Also, thehousing 110 communicates with the upper end portion of thesupport member 114 via asupport arm 115 fixed thereto. Note that thesupport arm 115 is not fixed to thesupport member 114, but is rotatable with respect to thesupport member 114 as described below and is supported by thesupport member 114 in a slidable state along the length direction of thefirst arm 103. - The output shaft of the
harmonic reduction gear 109 is disposed substantially coaxial to theabove rotation shaft 106, apulley 16 is fixed to the lower end portion thereof, and asteel belt 119 is extended between thispulley 116 and apulley 118 fixed to therotation shaft 117 of thesecond arm 107. Note that tension adjustment of thesteel belt 119 is performed by displacing theabove bearing holder 111 along a horizontal direction, a detailed description of which will be given below. - The upper end portion of the
rotation shaft 117 is supported by abearing 120 provided in the rotating end portion of thefirst arm 103 and the lower end portion thereof is fixed to thesecond arm 107. - 121 is a tool mounting shaft, sliding along the up and down direction and rotation around a an axis thereof being performed by separate motors.
- A
motor 122 provided in proximity to therotation shaft 117 of thesecond arm 107 is a drive source for sliding thetool mounting shaft 121 in the up and down directions, asteel belt 125 extending between apulley 123 fixed to the output shaft thereof and apulley 124 disposed at a fixed distance in a direction towards thetool mounting shaft 121 therefrom. - The
pulley 124 is provided in order to rotate aball screw 126 which extends parallel and in proximity to thetool mounting shaft 121 and aball nut 127 engaged therewith moves in the up and down directions by means of rotation of theball screw 126. Note that the lower end portion of theball screw 126 is supported by thesecond arm 107 by means of abearing 128 and the upper end portion thereof is supported by abearing 130 provided in aguide member 129 mounted on the upper surface of thesecond arm 107. - 131 is a support member for the
tool mounting shaft 121 and is fixed to theball nut 127. The upper end portion of thetool mounting shaft 121 is rotatably supported by abearing 132 provided in thesupport member 131. - The driving power of the
motor 122 is transmitted from thepulley 123 to thepulley 124 via thesteel belt 125, theball screw 126 being rotated thereby, to move theball nut 127 andsupport member 131 in the up and down directions and perform up and down movement of thetool mounting shaft 121. - The rotation of the
tool mounting shaft 121 is performed by a mechanism using the pulleys and steel belt with themotor 133 provided in themotor housing portion 102a of thebase shaft portion 102 as a drive source. - In other words, a
pulley 134 is fixed to the output shaft of themotor 133 and asteel belt 136 extends between thepulley 134 and the lower portion of anintermediate pulley 135 rotatably supported in an externally fitted state by therotation shaft 106 of thefirst arm 103. Note that theintermediate pulley 135 is rotatably supported by therotation shaft 106 viabearings intermediate pulley 138 is rotatably supported by therotation shaft 117 of thesecond arm 107 viabearings steel belt 140 extending between the upper portion thereof and the upper portion of the aboveintermediate pulley 138. Also, asteel belt 142 extends between apulley 141 externally inserted on thetool mounting shaft 121 and the lower portion of theintermediate pulley 138. Thereby, the drive power of themotor 133 is transmitted to theintermediate pulley 135 via thesteel belt 136, is further transmitted to theintermediate pulley 138 and thepulley 141 viasteel belts 140 an 142 to become the rotating power for thetool mounting shaft 121. Note that the weight of thesecond arm 107 is alleviated by disposing thismotor 133 in thebase shaft portion 102. - 143 is a counterweight attached to the end portion of the
second arm 107 on therotation shaft 117 side, and is provided for positioning the center of gravity of thesecond arm 107 over therotation shaft 117. - FIGs. 10 through 15 show the rotation mechanism for the
second arm 107 and the support mechanism for thehousing 110. - The
housing 110 is formed in a substantially upside down cone shape having a smaller diameter towards the lower portion compared to towards the upper portion, theharmonic reduction gear 109 being housed in theinterior 144 thereof. - Also, the
motor 108 is fixed to the upper end surface of thehousing 110 by a bolt, anoutput shaft 108a of themotor 108 extending in the up and down directions being fixed to aninput shaft 109a of theharmonic reduction gear 109. - An
output shaft 109b of theharmonic reduction gear 109 is rotatably supported byball bearings 145 and 146 internally fitted in thehousing 110, thepulley 116 being fixed to the lower end portion of theoutput shaft 109b. - The
housing 110 is supported bybearings bearing holder 111 as previously described, the lower end portion thereof being inserted in thefirst arm 103 through aninsertion hole 103a formed in the upper surface of thefirst arm 103. Note that ball bearings are used in thebearings - The
bearing holder 111 comprises anattachment plate 147a and aholder portion 147b, both of which are joined bybolts - Insertion holes 149, 149,... are formed at predetermined angular intervals at positions near the outer periphery, the
attachment plate 147a being fixed to thefirst arm 103 by insertingbolts insertion holes screw holes first arm 103. Note that the whole diameter of the insertion holes 149, 149,... are slightly larger than the diameter of the threads of thebolts - 152 is a setting bolt for tension adjustment, and is supported in a
prism 153 provided immediately before the bearing holder 111 (herebelow, the direction towards therotation shaft 117 of thesecond arm 107 will be taken as the forward direction and the direction away from therotation shaft 117 of thesecond shaft 107 will be taken as the rearward direction). Thesetting bolt 152 is such that ascrew portion 152a thereof screws into a threadedhole 153a of theprism 153, and by enclosing thesetting bolt 152, the end portion thereof can urge the side surface of theattachment plate 147a of thebearing holder 111 rearward to displace thebearing holder 111 rearward. - 154 is a bearing cap for the
bearing 113 and is externally fitted to thehousing 110. - 155 is a U-nut and is externally fitted to the
housing 110 immediately below thebearing cap 154. - The
support 115 of thehousing 110, as shown in FIG. 11, has a substantially Y shape seen horizontally, and anattachment portion 157 in which an semi-circular shapedindented portion 156 is formed conforming to the side surface shape of themotor 108 is attached to the upper surface of thehousing 110 by thebolts - Also, two
rollers shaft 160 in a location towards the rear end of thearm portion 159 protruding rearward from theattachment portion 157, and shown in FIG. 13 through FIG. 15. In other words, aninsertion hole 163 is formed in the end portion of thearm portion 159, and theshaft 160 is attached to thearm portion 159 by inserted it through theinsertion holes rollers insertion hole 163 and screwing abolt 164 with washer from the top of thearm portion 159 into athread 160a formed in one end portion of theshaft 160. Note that therollers arm portion 159 and thetop portion 160b of theshaft 160, and theroller 161 is disposed above theroller 162. - The
support member 114, as shown in FIG. 11 and FIG. 13, has amain portion 165 of a flat plate shape andattachment portion main portion 165.Bolts insertion holes attachment portions holes motor housing portion 102a, whereby thesupport member 114 is fixed to the upper portion of themotor housing portion 102a. - The
main portion 165 of thesupport member 114, as shown in FIG. 13, becomes narrow towards the top from the center thereof, a square plate shapedplatform portion 169 being integrally formed with themain portion 165 at the upper end portion thereof. - Also, two
guide plates platform portion 169. Theguide plates platform portion 159 and having a mutually parallel positional relationship, the height of the guide plate being lower than that of theguide plate 171. Note that attachment of theseguide plates 169 is performed by respectively screwingbolts holes guide plates insertion holes portion platform portion 169 from below. - A
groove 173 formed by the mutually opposing surfaces of the upper surface of theplatform 169 and theguide plates rollers inner side surface 170b of theguide plate 170 to contact the outer peripheral surface of the lower side of theroller 162, and also directs the surface towards the top end of theinner side surface 171b of theguide plate 171 to contact the outer peripheral surface of theupper side roller 161. Note that when theroller 162 is sandwiched between theinner side surface 170b of theguide plate 170 and theinner side surface 171b of theguide plate 171, rotation of theroller 162 is impossible, therefore astep 174 is formed in theinner side surface 170b so that theinner side surface 171b of theguide plate 171 does not contact the outer peripheral surface of theroller 162, the portion towards the upper part of theinner side surface 170b only contacting the outer peripheral surface of theroller 162. - However, the
guide arm 115, whoserollers guide groove 173 and are rotatably supported with respect to thesupport member 114, and are supported by thesupport member 114 in a slidable state in the forward and rearward directions along theguide groove 173, so that upon thesecond arm 107 being moved, thesupport arm 115 serves to stop rotation of a unit (herebelow referred to as "motor unit") including thehousing 110 andmotor 108,harmonic reduction gear 109, and thepulley 116. - In tension adjusting the
steel belt 119, thebearing holder 111 is attached to the upper surface of thefirst arm 103 by tightening thebolts steel belt 119 is wound onto thepulley 116. - Also, the
setting bolt 152 for tension adjustment is rotated and fine adjustment of the tension of thesteel belt 119 is performed by displacing thebearing holder 111 is the forward and rearward directions, and the position of the bearing holder upon completion of adjustment by locking thebolts rollers guide groove 173 together with displacement of thebearing holder 111. - At the time of completion of tension adjustment, although it is clear that the
output shaft 109b of theharmonic reduction gear 109 does not definitely conform to therotation shaft 106 of thefirst arm 103, in therobot 101 there is no change in tension of thesteel belt 119 accompanying rotation of thefirst arm 103, and also, as described above, thehousing 110 is not fixed to thesupport member 114 via thesupport arm 115 thereof and the gap between thehousing 110 andsupport member 114, therefore support of thehousing 110 by means of thesupport arm 115 andsupport member 114 does not hinder rotation of thefirst arm 103. - FIGs. 16(a) and 16(b) are explanatory drawings of this, and shows in outline the
robot 101 seen horizontally. - In the drawing, "A1" indicates the
rotation shaft 106 of thefirst arm 103 and "A2" indicates therotation shaft 117 of thesecond arm 107. Also, "B" indicates the drive shaft of themotor 108 and theoutput shaft 109b of theharmonic reduction gear 109, and does not conform to the rotation shaft A1. In addition, the two parallel lines positioned to the right of thefirst arm 103 indicate theguide groove 173 and "C" positioned in theguide groove 173 is the central axis of theshaft 160. - As shown in FIG. 16(a), where the shaft B is displaced on the elongated line of the line A1-A2 with respect to the rotation shaft A1 due to tension adjustment of the
steel belt 119, as shown in FIG. 16(b), when thefirst arm 103 is rotated from the state shown by the double dotted to the state shown by the solid line, the rotation shaft A2 moves to the rotation shaft A2' and the shaft B moves to the shaft B'. As is clear from either of these shafts revolving around the rotation shaft A1 as shown by the arrows Q and R, the angle formed between the line A1-A2 and the line A1-A2' is equal to the angle formed between the line A1-B and the line A1-B'. Thereby, since the gap between the rotation shaft, A2 and the shaft B is equal to the gap between the rotation shaft A2' and the shaft B', there is no change in the tension of thesteel belt 119 accompanying rotation of thefirst arm 103. - However, since the gap between the shaft B and the shaft C is continuously constant, where shaft B moves to shaft B', shaft C moves in the forward direction along the
guide groove 173 as shown by the arrow S to become shaft C'. In other words, the length of the line B-C and the length of the line B'-C' are equal, and the shaft C' is in a state where it moves forward along the line B-C. During the movement from shaft C to shaft C', therollers guide plates guide groove 173 and due to this theshaft 160 moves smoothly in the forward direction. - As explained above, even in cases where the drive shaft B of the
second arm 107 is displaced with respect to therotation shaft 106 of thefirst arm 103, due to tension adjustment of thesteel belt 119, it is assured that the tension of the steel belt does not change together with the rotation of thefirst arm 103 since the motor unit is supported by thebearing holder 111, and in addition the end portion of thesupport arm 115 of thehousing 110 is rotatable with respect to thesupport member 114 and is supported in a slidable state along the length direction of thefirst arm 103, therefore changes in the gap between thehousing 110 and thesupport member 114 accompanying rotation of thefirst arm 103 can be responded to. In other words, in the position relationship of the drive shaft B of thesecond arm 7 and therotation shaft 6 of thefirst arm 3, the shaft B rotates around the rotation shaft A1 in the same way as in the case where the motor unit is fixed to thefirst arm 3, and in addition the load of the motor unit can be distributed between thesupport arm 15 and thesupport member 14. - As is clear from the above description, according to the articulated robot shown in FIG. 9, by supporting the drive means of the second rotating body (corresponding to the second arm in the above example) in a rotatable state with respect to the first rotating body (corresponding to the first arm in the above example), even in cases where displacement occurs between the drive shaft of the drive means of the second rotating body and the rotation shaft of the first rotating body after tension adjustment of a power transmission belt, the gap between the rotation shaft of the second rotating body and the drive shaft of the drive means thereof is maintained at a constant when the first rotating body rotates.
- Also, by supporting the support arm of the second rotating body in the support member in a rotatable state and slidable state along the length direction of the first rotating body without fixing the support arm of the drive means of the second rotating body to the support member, the support mechanism of the drive means of the second rotating body does not hinder rotation of the first rotating body.
- Thereby tension adjustment of the power transmission belt can be performed without using a tension pulley, and since it is not necessary to perform positioning of both shafts so that the drive of the second arm accurately conforms to the drive shaft of the second arm, adjustment operations can be simply performed without complication of the structure for tension adjustment.
- As is clear from the above description, according to the articulated robot of the present invention, as well as fixing a drive means for rotating a second rotating body to a base or base shaft portion, by forming a robot system such that the drive shaft of the drive means of the second rotating body and the drive shaft of the drive means of a first rotating body are disposed substantially coaxial and the driving power of the second rotating body is transferred to a rotation shaft of the second rotating body by a driving power transmission means, as well as the inertia term of the first rotating body not affecting the orientation of the second rotating body, the Coriolis force of the first rotating body is eliminated and interference terms (inertia force and centrifugal force) generated in each rotating body arising from the relative motions therebetween due to the center of gravity of the second rotating body being positioned on the rotation shaft thereof are eliminated, and it is possible to stop each of the rotating bodies from imposing interference operations.
- Thereby, it is possible to adjust the gain for feedback control with respect to each of the rotating bodies to an optimum value and as a result to greatly shorten the time required for the static determination of the robot and the tact time.
[Table 1] Reference Number Meaning P1 Position of center of gravity of first arm P2 Position of center of gravity of second arm l1 Distance from center of rotation of point P1 l2 Distance from center of rotation of point P2 L1 Length of first arm L2 Length of second arm ϑ1 Angle of first arm with respect to X axis ϑ2 Angle of second arm with respect to first arm M1 Mass of first arm M2 Mass of second arm I1G Inertia moment around center of gravity of first arm I2G Inertia moment around center of gravity of first arm [Table 2] Reference Number Meaning m1 Mass of drive motor of first arm m2 Mass of drive motor of second arm Im1 Inertia moment relating to rotor of drive motor of first arm Im2 Inertia moment relating to rotor of drive motor of second arm R1 Reduction rate of harmonic reduction gear of first arm R2 Reduction rate of harmonic reduction gear of gear of first arm T2 Torque of output shaft of harmonic reduction gear of second arm I1 Inertia moment around rotation shaft of first arm (I1G+M1·l1²) I2 Inertia moment around rotation shaft of second arm (I2G+M2·l2²)
Claims (7)
- An articulated robot comprising:
a base shaft portion (9) disposed on a base (12);
a first rotating body (10) attached to the base shaft portion (9) in a rotatable state;
a second rotating body (11) attached to the first rotating body (10) in a rotatable state;
first drive means (16), fixed to the base (12)or the base shaft portion (9), for rotating the second rotating body (11); and
driving power transmission means (19-21) for transmitting a driving power of the first drive means to a rotation shaft of the second rotating body (11). - The articulated robot according to Claim 1, wherein a center of gravity of the second rotating body (11) is positioned substantially on a rotation shaft of the second rotating body (11).
- The articulated robot according to Claim 2, wherein the second rotating body (11) includes a balancer for adjusting the center of gravity of the second rotating body.
- The articulated robot according to Claim 2, wherein the second rotating body (11) includes an operating end (40) and second drive means (41) for driving the operating end, the center of gravity of the second rotating body being adjusted by the second drive means.
- The articulated robot according to Claim 1, in which the driving power transmission means includes a power transmission belt (21) for transmitting driving power of the first drive means (16), the articulated robot further comprising:
adjustment means for changing a gap between the rotation shaft of the second rotating body (11) and a drive shaft of the first driving means (16); and
a support arm (18) for supporting the first drive means, wherein
the support arm is supported in a state rotatable around a support member provided in the base (12) or the base shaft portion and slidable along a lengthwise direction of the first rotating body. - The articulated robot according to Claim 5, wherein the support arm inludes roller members, the roller members being movable along a guide grave provided in the support member.
- The articulated robot according to Claim 5, wherein the adjusting means includes an adjusting screw, the gap between the rotation shaft of the second rotating body and the drive shaft of the first driving means being changed by screwing inwards or screwing outwards of the adjusting screw.
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